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The Safe Transport Of Volatile Substances Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect substance identification
- Improper handling of substances
- 2. Handling materials
- Exposure to hazardous substance
- physical injury
- 3. Loading substance onto vehicle
- Fall from height
- Injury from heavy lifting
- 4. Securing the load
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Inadequate securing leading to spills
- 5. Substance Transport
- Accident causing spillage
- Fire or explosion
- 6. Unloading substance at destination
- Exposure to hazardous substance
- physical injury
- 7. Post Delivery Clean up
- Exposure to leftover residues
- Improper disposal of material
- 8. Emergency Preparedness
- Lack of training
- Communication breakdown in case of emergency
- 9. Maintenance of Transport Equipment
- Injury due to faulty equipment or tools
- exposure to substance during maintenance
- 10. Training and Competency Checks
- Inadequate training leading to mishandling of substances
- Misjudgment of risks involved
- 11. Safety Gear Compliance Check
- Sub-standard safety gear
- Non-compliance to safety gear usage
- 12. Safety Briefings/ Training
- Inadequate understanding and compliance
- carelessness towards safety procedures
- 13. Documentation and Record Keeping
- Error in record keeping
- tampering with records
- 14. Monitoring and Reporting Procedures
- Lack of regular monitoring
- non-reporting of incidents or near misses
- 15. Inspection and Audits
- Non-compliance to procedures
- inadequate safety standards
- 16. Regular Gear and Equipment Check
- Worn-out or substandard equipment and gear
- lack of regular checks
- 17. Safety Drills
- Inadequate execution and learning from drills
- complacency
- 18. Hazard Identification
- Oversight or unawareness about potential hazards
- slow mitigation of identified risks
- 19. Risk Assessment
- Poor understanding or application of risk evaluation
- laxity in reassessment after changes
- 20. Risk Control Measures Implementation
- Slow or incomplete implementation of control measures
- non-comprehensive approach